Han har alltid befunnit sig i alla faser av kärlekstrubblet om vartannat, hit och dit. Gång efter gång. Om och om igen...!!
And it's been 16 years now that I've written songs
Over a 100 and still growing strong
About drinking and hockey and flying above
Again and again about unhappy love
Over and over, unhappy love
- Loudon Wainwright III
Men humorn har fört honom vidare. Hur allvarligt det än är, så kan han oftast få till det lite dråpligt, eller med en glimt i ögat:
Woke up this afternoon and I sat up in the bed
There was a gnawing in my gut and a poundin' in my head
So I went to the bathroom, to the medicine chest
There was sleepin'pills and razorblades and all the rest
But I was in control baby, I was so relaxed
I found myself my dental floss, my favourite kind, unwaxed
I'm alright, I'm alright
Yeah I'm alright baby, I'm alright without you!
- Loudon Wainwright III
Bitterheten finns ofta där... Vad sägs om dessa citat:
Everything changes, time takes it's toll
Your folks fell in love, loves a very deep hole
...
It's a vague and a meaningless word
As an idea, completely absurd
It's been sung and said
It's been written in read
It's a fairy tale ending deferred
A vague and a meaningless word
...
Sure it's kind of lonely, yeah it's sort of sick
Being your own one and only is a selfish dirty trick
...
Leave love alone... and let it die!
- Loudon Wainwright III
Allt kryddar han dessutom med en stor portion ironi:
We both tried, nobody died
But I feel damned near dead
I miss you but I'm really blue
Cause I'm back with me instead
I can't stand myself
I sure can pick em
I'm looking for my next victim
Who will that unlucky one be?
- Loudon Wainwright III
Jag har samlat ihop några av hans kärleksalster här:
Loudon Wainwright about love
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